HIV and reproductive tract infections in a total village population in rural Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: Women at increased risk

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Klouman, Elise ^a   Masenga, Elisante J ^b,c   Klepp, Knut Inge ^b   Sam, Noel E ^c   Nkya, Watoky ^c   Nkya, Criston ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d Mawenzi Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV; Infertility; PID; Reproductive tract infection; Rural population; STD; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0031042172     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199702010-00010     Document Type: Article

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